Motorcyclist in critical condition after New Smyrna Beach wreck

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Feb 28, 2014 at 12:59 PM

By Lyda Longalyda.longa@news-jrnl.com

A man who had been drinking at a friend’s house and insisted on riding his motorcycle home Friday crashed moments after leaving the New Smyrna Beach townhouse, New Smyrna Beach police Sgt. Eugene Griffith said.Terrence Dever, 30, had been drinking with friends Ed Shackelford and Ryan Wise at Shackelford’s house on Mount Olympus Boulevard, Griffith said. Just after 3:30 a.m., Dever, 30, said he was ready to go home, the accident report shows. Shackelford and Wise said they tried to convince Dever to not ride his 2011 Honda, but Dever — who lives on Old Mission Road — insisted and left, the report shows.A few minutes later at 3:38 a.m., Shackelford and Wise heard a vehicle braking and then a crash, the report shows. They drove to the scene and saw Dever on the ground at Gibraltar Boulevard near Sugar Mill Drive, bleeding heavily from the head. He had not worn a helmet, the report shows. Based on skid marks on the road, police believe Dever was heading west on Gibraltar when he lost control of his bike. Dever was taken by ambulance to Halifax Health Medical Center as a trauma alert and he was listed in critical condition, police said.Traffic homicide investigators are asking that anyone who may have seen the crash, please call New Smyrna Beach police, 386-424-2220.

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